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| "City"
| "City" (also refered to as ''Cairo''-class)
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| Armament:
| Armament:
| Four 42-pound rifles; three 8" smoothbore; six 32-pound guns
| Four 42-pound rifles; three 8" smoothbores; six 32-pound smoothbores
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The so-called '''"City"-class gunboat''' was several ironclad warships contructed between August 1861 and January 1862 by private contractor James B. Eads for use on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The first armored warships to see action during the [[American Civil War]], they would play an integeral role in the Western Theater of operations.
The so-called '''"City"-class gunboat''' was several ironclad warships contructed between August 1861 and January 1862 by private contractor James B. Eads for use on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The first armored warships to see action during the [[American Civil War]], they would play an integeral role in the Western Theater of operations.
==Gunboats==
==Gunboats==
====USS ''Carondelet''====
====USS ''Carondelet''====
[[Image:H49991.jpg|right|200px|thumb|USS ''Carondelet'']]
''Carondelet'', an ironclad river gunboat, was built in 1861 by James B. Eads and Company, St. Louis, Mo., under contract to the War Department; commissioned 15 January at Cairo, Illinois, naval Captain H. Walke in command, and reported to Western Gunboat Flotilla (Army), commanded by naval Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote.
''Carondelet'', an ironclad river gunboat, was built in 1861 by James B. Eads and Company, St. Louis, Mo., under contract to the War Department; commissioned 15 January at Cairo, Illinois, naval Captain H. Walke in command, and reported to Western Gunboat Flotilla (Army), commanded by naval Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote.
====USS ''Mound City''====
====USS ''Mound City''====
[[Image:H72806.jpg|right|200px|thumb|USS ''Mound City'']]
Ironclad screw steamer ''Mound City'', built at St. Louis, Mo., 7 August 1861 by James B. Eads, joined the War Department’s flotilla on the western rivers in 1862, Commander A. H. Kilty in command.
Ironclad screw steamer ''Mound City'', built at St. Louis, Mo., 7 August 1861 by James B. Eads, joined the War Department’s flotilla on the western rivers in 1862, Commander A. H. Kilty in command.